1 Jun 1910: Division No. 2's invitation to Division No. 1 to its dance at Miners Union hall, signed 'Jim Murphy Pres Div #2'

# IMG_7592 - **Type:** other (handwritten letter on plain ruled paper, top sheet of a stack of correspondence) - **Book page number(s) visible:** none (loose letter, complete on one leaf). Three further documents show behind it, only their headings visible. - **Meeting date(s):** "Butte Mont 6/1-10" — 1 June 1910 (the leading digit is imperfectly formed and could be read 4, but the dance announced is "Friday Night June 17th", and June 17 fell on a Friday in 1910, so 6/1/1910 is the reading). The dance: Friday night, June 17 [1910]. - **Place / body:** Butte, Mont. — AOHIrish societiesAncient Order of Hiberniansin America from 1836The largest Irish Catholic fraternal order in America: sick and death benefits for members, St. Patrick’s Day parades, and steady support for Irish nationalism.More in Key terms → Division No. 2, writing to AOH Division No. 1; dance at Miners UnionButte: companies, unions & placesButte Miners’ Union1878–1914Founded on 13 June 1878 as the Butte Workingmen’s Union, reorganised as the Butte Miners’ Union in the 1880s, and later Local No. 1 of the Western Federation of Miners. It made Butte a closed-shop camp for a generation, until its own members broke it in 1914.More in Key terms → Hall - **Officers signing:** **Jim Murphy, Pres Div #2** - **Murphy mentions:** - "Jim Murphy Pres Div #2" — signature, President of AOH Division No. 2, Butte, inviting Division No. 1 to the dance - **Other key names present:** No J. J. Lynch, no Chas H. Gallagher, no J. J. O'Meara, no James Connolly, no John Gribben, no T. J. McCarthy on the letter itself. Names visible on the documents beneath: "DAVID REESE", "M. BURKE", "PHONE 9640", "Northwest Tent & Awning Company" (1924 letterhead); "ARCHBISHOP'S HOUSE, SAINT LOUIS"; a letterhead dated "BUTTE, MONTANA, February 22, 1911." - **Topics:** dance / ball at Miners Union Hall; ticket sale $1.00; Division No. 2 treasury depleted by the death of five brothers; death benefits; fraternal invitation ## Transcription *(Archival folder tabs at the right edge of the photograph: "Ancient [Order of Hibernians]" and "Correspondence".)* ### Documents showing behind the top sheet (headings only) ``` DAVID REESE PHONE 9640 M. BURKE Northwest Tent & Awning Company MANUFACTURERS OF [illegible] AND EVERYTHING ARCHBISHOP'S HOUSE SAINT LOUIS [illegible] 1924 BUTTE, MONTANA,. February 22, 1911. ``` *(the bodies of these three documents are hidden beneath the top letter)* ### Top letter (complete) Butte Mont 6/1-10 To Div #1 A.O.H. Dear Sirs & Bro's, You are cordially invited to attend a dance to be given by Div #2 at Miners Union hall on Friday Night June 17th The Tickets are $1.00 each, the proceeds to go towards building up the treasury of Div # 2 which has suffered badly since the first of the year on account of the deaths of 5 of our brothers. There will be a com at this meeting to sell tickets to any and all Brothers desirous of purchasing one. We hope brothers that you will deal gener- ously with us and take as many as you can afford, Which I know you will, and We promise you a good time. Yours Fraternally, Jim Murphy Pres Div #2 ## Passages re-read from the image (Opus, 26 Sept 2026) From the dossier register, `research/docs/jjm-dossier-2026-09-26/register/`. These readings, not the whole-page text above, are the ones to quote. - **div1_1910-06-01_div2-dance-letter_signature** (confirmed; div1-a.yaml): Jim Murphy Pres Div #2 > Butte Mont 6/1-10 To Div #1 A.O.H. Dear Sirs & Bro's, [...] Yours Fraternally, Jim Murphy Pres Div #2 - **div1_1910-06-01_div2-dance-letter_handwriting** (confirmed; div1-a.yaml): Jim Murphy Pres Div #2 > Butte Mont 6/1-10 To Div #1 A.O.H. Dear Sirs & Bro's, You are cordially invited to attend a dance to be given by Div #2 at Miners Union hall on Friday Night June 17th The Tickets are $1.00 each, the proceeds to go towards building up the treasury of Div # 2 which has suffered badly since the first of the year on account of the death[s?] of 5 of our brothers. There will be a com at this meeting to sell tickets to any and all Brothers desirous of purchasing one. We hope brothers that you will deal gener-ously with us and take as many as you can afford, Which I know you will, and We promise you a good time. Yours Fraternally, Jim Murphy Pres Div #2